Hollywood Studios

    I said I'd be back, but you might have to wait and true to my word... I made you wait. Oh, and I'm also back. Many of the three readers who have been staying up-to-date with my blog may be wondering, "How can you write about a holiday you went on 6 months ago? I can't even remember what I had for dinner two days ago." Thank goodness this blog isn't titled "Meals I Ate Two Days Ago" because I'd have no idea about that. But never fear, my type A personality made sure I wrote a few notes about each day of my holiday. Somehow I just knew it would take me 6 months to get around to blogging about it. The pain of my holiday being over is still very real, but I will push through it for the sake of my three readers.

    My day at Hollywood Studios began with a sleep-in because, if you may remember (I forgive you if one of my blog posts from 6 months ago hasn't been on your mind) I had stayed at Magic Kingdom until 1am. I still managed to rock up at the park at a respectable 9am. Upon arrival was the infamous Tower of Terror malfunction, which, oddly enough, I blogged about the day it happened. (You can read all about that here.)

    According to my notes and hazy memory, a few other things happened that day.

    The Rock 'N' Roller Coaster was my next challenge. Haylee and I saw the Browns there. I was still a little frightened of the whole roller coaster thing, so I sat next to Caiti and we challenged each other for the title of "Loudest Scream."

    Haylee, Jess and I also saw the Voyage of the Little Mermaid. I didn't know what to expect, but when the show started one little girl kept vocalising what we were all thinking, "Wow!" Her little whispers were filled with such delight and surprise. Haylee, Jess and I also saw Beauty and the Beast Live on Stage. It was amazing! Don't believe me? Ask the dishes.

    Jess and I also saw today (I use that term liberally) as an opportunity to meet some characters. We challenged ourselves to fill all the assigned spaces in our autograph books. (Stayed tuned to following blog posts to see if we fulfilled our challenge.) This challenge meant meeting characters we had never heard of before. I'm still not sure exactly who Phineas and Ferb are, but they've got a special place in my heart autograph book.

    The roomies and I ate linner/dunch at a lovely little Italian restaurant called Mama Melrose. I'm not sure if it would be classified as dinner or lunch because it was 3:10pm,which is right in the middle of afternoon tea territory. I certainly consumed more than would be considered afternoon tea and of course ate more desserts than just my own.

    The next big event that day was The Osborne Family Spectacle of Dancing Lights. Part of Hollywood Studios is lit up with lights that are timed to Christmas Carols. It was certainly more incredible than the lights timed to Christmas Carols at the Time Warner Center in New York.

    Fantasmic! was next. Fantasmic! was awesome! No, I don't keep writing short, grammatically incorrect sentences, the exclamation mark is the official way to present the word. So even if you were indifferent about it, you would still seem like you had strong feelings. Fantasmic! is a show the consists of Mickey, some villains, some pyrotechnics and other magical devices. It was the place to be at Hollywood Studios at night. Missing that would've been like missing an awesome party that you knew everyone would be talking about the next day at school.

    Haylee decided to call it a night, but Jess and I stayed to Disney on. I bought a bag of cotton candy (see I know how to speak American). I promised myself it would last a few days. It did not. We checked out a few of the shops and then... then we turned a corner and came across a... dance party. It was a Disney dance party with a Disney DJ playing awesome music. My buddies Raffiki and Chip (or Dale) were there too!

    Jess and I also went back to the Osborne Lights. We had to find all the hidden Mickeys. We didn't. I guess they were too, ummm.... well, hidden?

    We explored the shops a little more and then decided to leave the park. This difficult decision was based on the park closing.

    I can't guarantee my following blog posts will be as amazing as white spotted, red mickey head silhouettes holding hands in front of a shiny silver backdrop. Nor can I guarantee you will only have to wait a short time for the next post, but what I can guarantee is a free set of steak knives there will be at least one more blog post in the near (please note the subjectivity) future.